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Search by topic:   17400. SPANISH VERSUS AZTEC MILITARY STRATEGY AND TACTICS. This paper explores the military strategies and tactics evident in the conquest of Mexico, comparing and contrasting the military strategies and tactics used by Cortés versus those favored by Montezuma, Cuauhtémoc and the other Aztec kings and military leaders. Consistent with the perspective of Hassig, Thomas and other revisionist historians, it is argued that Cortés’ successful military strategy and tactics, rather than the Spaniards’ superior weaponry or any inherent superiority of Spanish character, gave the Spaniards a critical advantage over the Aztecs in Cortés’ drive to conquest Mexico. While the traditional historical view often seems to discount the role of strategy in the Aztecs’ response to Cortés, it will be argued here that the Aztecs, no less than Cortés, waged war within the context of an overarching strategic plan and that the Aztecs’ military strategy and tactics did at times place a significant barrier between Cortés and his ultimate objective of claiming the Aztec Empire and its riches. KEYWORDS: Spanish conquest Mexico Aztec Cortez Cortes Montezuma military strategies weaponry. Written 2004. 20 pages, 51 footnotes, 13 bibliographic sources. 4,682 words.   $133 Copyright 2002 Academic Research Papers Associate Term Paper Sites: Academic Research Papers Academic-Research-Papers Research Central Term Paper Assistance